Carpet-beater.



R. BROWNSON.

CARPET BEATBR. APPLICATION FILED 'TAN'.ISI, 1910.

1,009,130. Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

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RALPH BROWNSON, 0F ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

cARPE'r-BEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

Application filed January 31, 1910. Serial No. 541,166.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH BRowNsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-l3eaters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in carpet beaters, its object beingto provide an improved construction of wire beater including improvedmeans for securing and brac ing the beater portion in the handle.

To this end my invention consists in the features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter particularly describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figurel is a perspective view of my improved invention; and Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the handle with the beater portion brokenaway.

Referring to the drawings A represents the beater portion preferablycomposed of two pieces of wire intertwisted to form a pair of loops. Theends of the wires composing the loops are intertwisted, one pair of theintertwisted ends being extended in alinement with the beater wing andthen bent upwardly toward the handle B to form a heel 2, the end Sofsaid wires being inturned and secured within the handle. The oppositepair of ends 4: of the wires are carried in a straight line from theinner end of the beater wing to the adjacent end of the handle B andthen carried through the handle and secured therein, as shown in Fig. 2.The handle is turned upwardly at an angle with the beaterwing as shownso that in grasping the device the natural position of the hand tends tohold the beater wing parallel with the surface to be beaten, the heelassisting in causing the wing to be turned into flat contact with thesurface. Further the coperation of the heel 2 and of that portion of thewire 4 which extends upwardly from the inner end of the beater to theadjacent end of the inclined handle, make it a particularly stronglybraced support for the beater wing.

I claim as my invention:

In a device of the class described the combination of a handle, a beaterwing formed with intertwisted wires, a portion of the wires extendingrearwardly in alinement with the wing and then upwardly at an angletherewith and being secured to the inner end of the handle and a portionof the wires extending upwardly from the inner end of the beater wing ina straight line to the inner end of the handle and being so secured inthe handle as to hold the handle at an angle with the wing.

In testimony whereof I atliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RALPH BROWNSON.

Witnesses:

H. S. JOHNSON, H. SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for rive cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

